Political cartoons and speeches portrayed Irish immigration as a threat to American society because many of the Irish were
a. political radicals
b. Roman Catholic
c. potato farmers
d. infected with smallpox
b. Roman Catholic
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A. attitudes toward hooking up B. attitudes toward tattoos C. attitudes toward cohabitation D. attitudes toward smoking
Which of the following aspects of mass media has helped them play a central role in shaping the debate about problems in the modern family?
a. their tendency to downplay the negative aspects of modern families b. their ability to remain unaffected by industrialization c. their accurate portrayal of family lives in reality d. their ability to influence people's beliefs and values
Nie and Golde contend that their research lends little support to government programs mandating a shift from a high school degree as the endpoint of publicly funded education to an associate degree that would require two additional years of
education—so that the U.S. can be on par with the education systems of most of Europe and parts of Asia. a. true b. false
Define demography. What three processes of population change are basic to the work of demographers? Describe what each measures.
What will be an ideal response?